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Professor David Robinson

Professor David Robinson
Professor David Robinson
Professor David Robinson

BSc PhD

Emeritus Professor

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Email Address
david.robinson@abdn.ac.uk
Office Address

School of Biological Sciences.

I retired in 2015 and am no longer supervising research students.

 

School/Department
School of Biological Sciences

Biography

Education
1983 PhD Plant Ecology, (supervisor Ian Rorison)

1979 BSc (Hons) Biology, .

Career

Currently (since 2015) Emeritus Professor, 51cg

2010-2015 Keeper, Cruickshank Botanic Garden

2000-2015 Professor in Plant and Soil Science, (Deputy Head of School 2002-2011).

1987-2000 Senior research scientist, the .

1984-1987 Research scientist, the .

1983-1984 Research associate, .


 



External Memberships

Editor 
2013 , Functional Ecology Special Feature (with and ).


1999-2005 Senior Editor, .
1995-2005 Editorial advisory board member, 
1995-2005 Editorial board member, .

Other positions of responsibility
2015-2022 Trustee,
2010-2022 Elected member, .

2016-2019 Lay assistant,

2015 External reviewer, MSci Ecology degree,
2014 External review group member, BA Science degree programme,  
2013 Symposium organiser,
2010-2015 Trustee, the Cruickshank Trust.
2009-2012 External examiner, .
2009 Science review panel member, . L-R , DR, , :

Latest Publications

  • Complementary foraging of roots and mycorrhizal fungi among nutrient patch types in four subtropical monospecific broadleaved tree plantations

    Jiang, Q., Jia, L., Chen, W., Zheng, Z., Lin, C., Zhu, L., Wang, X., Yao, X., Tissue, D., Robinson, D., Chen, G.
    New Phytologist, vol. 247, no. 3, pp. 1401-1414
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
    • [ONLINE] DOI:
    • [ONLINE]

  • Master protocol for a series of cohort-based randomized controlled trials to test tools to communicate research results to study participants and others with relevant lived experience: the SPIN-CLEAR Trials

    Thombs, B. D., Adams, C., Nassar, E., Carrier, M., Golberg, M., Bharthi, K., Wurz, A., South, A., Kwakkenbos, L., Hoa, S., Rice, D. B., Guillot, G., Lawrie-Jones, A., Sauvé, M., Bartlett, S. J., Fortune, C., Gietzen, A., Gottesman, K., Hudson, M., Hummers, L. K., Malcarne, V. L., Mayes, M. D., Richard, M., Stempel, J., Wojeck, R. K., Blagrave, K., Boruff, J. T., Cook, V., Culos-Reed, N., Fröbert, O., Gillies, K., Granikov, V., Hemkens, L. G., Jimenez, E. Y., Kocher, A., Leite, C., Lim, M. A. W. T., Maltez, N., Michalski, J., Mieszczak, T., Ndosi, M., Pope, J., Rannou, F., Rozee, K., Straus, S. E., Sydes, M. R., Thabane, L., Varga, J., Yap, T., Robinson, D., SPIN Investigators
    Trials, vol. 26, no. 1, 149
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
    • [ONLINE] DOI:
    • [OPEN ACCESS]
    • [ONLINE]

  • Contrasting depth-related fine root plastic responses to soil warming in a subtropical Chinese fir plantation

    Jia, L., Jiang, Q., Sun, J., Robinson, D., Yang, Z., Yao, X., Wang, X., Dai, X., Chen, T., Wu, D., Fan, A., Yang, L., Chen, G., Yang, Y.
    Journal of Ecology, vol. 112, no. 5, pp. 1058-1073
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
    • [ONLINE] DOI:
    • [ONLINE]

  • OPT-ing out: Root−shoot dynamics are caused by local resource capture and biomass allocation, not optimal partitioning

    Robinson, D.
    Plant, Cell Environment, vol. 46, no. 10, pp. 3023-3039
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
    • [ONLINE] DOI:
    • [OPEN ACCESS]

  • Directly quantifying multiple interacting influences on plant competition

    Trinder, C., Brooker, R. W., Davidson, H., Robinson, D.
    Plant, Cell & Environment, vol. 44, no. 4, pp. 1268-1277
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
    • [ONLINE] DOI:
    • [ONLINE]

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Research

Research Overview

  • Plant-soil interactions and their importance to ecology and agriculture
  • Quantitative biology
  • Biogeochemistry 

Current Research

Latest papers 

 

Collaborations

Discussing ecosystem carbon cycling with (School of Geographical Science, Fujian Normal University, China):

 

A NERC-funded project: Direct in situ measurement of resource competition by plants along environmental gradients.

Helping and to set up one of the largest ever plant competition experiments at Mar Lodge Estate, Aberdeenshire...

...and at the James Hutton Institute, Aberdeen:

 

 

Another NERC-funded project: Environmental drivers of CO2 fluxes from ‘historical’ soil organic matter and the implications for European carbon stocks.

busy partitioning the soil-surface CO2 flux using 13C/12C natural abundances at , Italy:

Funding and Grants

Previously a Principal Investigator on various projects funded by the and the

Teaching

Teaching Responsibilities

Between 2000-2015, coordinator of, or contributor to, various undergraduate and postgraduate courses, including modules on ecosystem ecology, ecophysiology, statistics, field ecology, critical thinking in science, environmental biology, biodiversity, crop domestication, research methodology.

Ecological Methods field course, , 2011:

 

The enduring influence of and - lab class:

Publications

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  • Complementary foraging of roots and mycorrhizal fungi among nutrient patch types in four subtropical monospecific broadleaved tree plantations

    Jiang, Q., Jia, L., Chen, W., Zheng, Z., Lin, C., Zhu, L., Wang, X., Yao, X., Tissue, D., Robinson, D., Chen, G.
    New Phytologist, vol. 247, no. 3, pp. 1401-1414
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
    • [ONLINE] DOI:
    • [ONLINE]

  • Master protocol for a series of cohort-based randomized controlled trials to test tools to communicate research results to study participants and others with relevant lived experience: the SPIN-CLEAR Trials

    Thombs, B. D., Adams, C., Nassar, E., Carrier, M., Golberg, M., Bharthi, K., Wurz, A., South, A., Kwakkenbos, L., Hoa, S., Rice, D. B., Guillot, G., Lawrie-Jones, A., Sauvé, M., Bartlett, S. J., Fortune, C., Gietzen, A., Gottesman, K., Hudson, M., Hummers, L. K., Malcarne, V. L., Mayes, M. D., Richard, M., Stempel, J., Wojeck, R. K., Blagrave, K., Boruff, J. T., Cook, V., Culos-Reed, N., Fröbert, O., Gillies, K., Granikov, V., Hemkens, L. G., Jimenez, E. Y., Kocher, A., Leite, C., Lim, M. A. W. T., Maltez, N., Michalski, J., Mieszczak, T., Ndosi, M., Pope, J., Rannou, F., Rozee, K., Straus, S. E., Sydes, M. R., Thabane, L., Varga, J., Yap, T., Robinson, D., SPIN Investigators
    Trials, vol. 26, no. 1, 149
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
    • [ONLINE] DOI:
    • [OPEN ACCESS]
    • [ONLINE]

  • Contrasting depth-related fine root plastic responses to soil warming in a subtropical Chinese fir plantation

    Jia, L., Jiang, Q., Sun, J., Robinson, D., Yang, Z., Yao, X., Wang, X., Dai, X., Chen, T., Wu, D., Fan, A., Yang, L., Chen, G., Yang, Y.
    Journal of Ecology, vol. 112, no. 5, pp. 1058-1073
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
    • [ONLINE] DOI:
    • [ONLINE]

  • OPT-ing out: Root−shoot dynamics are caused by local resource capture and biomass allocation, not optimal partitioning

    Robinson, D.
    Plant, Cell Environment, vol. 46, no. 10, pp. 3023-3039
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
    • [ONLINE] DOI:
    • [OPEN ACCESS]

  • Directly quantifying multiple interacting influences on plant competition

    Trinder, C., Brooker, R. W., Davidson, H., Robinson, D.
    Plant, Cell & Environment, vol. 44, no. 4, pp. 1268-1277
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
    • [ONLINE] DOI:
    • [ONLINE]

  • Clothing the Emperor: Dynamic Root–Shoot Allocation Trajectories in Relation to Whole-Plant Growth Rate and in Response to Temperature

    Robinson, D., Peterkin, J. H.
    Plants, vol. 8, no. 7, 212
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
    • [ONLINE] DOI:
    • [OPEN ACCESS]
    • [ONLINE]

  • Demographic quantification of carbon and nitrogen dynamics associated with root turnover in white clover

    Scott, G. D., Baddeley, J. A., Watson, C. A., Robinson, D.
    Plant, Cell & Environment, vol. 41, no. 9, pp. 2045-2056
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
    • [ONLINE] DOI:
    • [OPEN ACCESS]

  • Priming of soil organic matter mineralisation is intrinsically insensitive to temperature

    Ghee, C., Neilson, R., Hallett, P. D., Robinson, D., Paterson, E.
    Soil Biology and Biochemistry, vol. 66, pp. 20-28
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
    • [ONLINE] DOI:
    • [ONLINE]

  • Vegetation and soil 15N natural abundance in alpine grasslands on the Tibetan Plateau: Patterns and Implications

    Yang, Y., Ji, C., Robinson, D., Zhu, B., Fang, H., Fang, J.
    Ecosystems, vol. 16, no. 6, pp. 1013-1024
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
    • [ONLINE] DOI:
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